Installed a hard drive.. but it asks for boot disk?

[acelera]

Ok,
i had a computer:
255 MB Ram
1.3GHz

it's a old computer but i still need it for work.
Recently i installed a new hard drive because the other one was stolen.. now the new hard drive asks me to insert a boot disk.
So i insert the Windows XP Pro cd that is installed on that hard drive.. then i click where it says:
"Click any button to boot from the CD" and it says "Configuring system blablabla" then it just shut down.


then i clicked F8 from the begining and "disabled automatic shutdown on system failure".. now instead of shutting down it gives this error:
"Hard drive is corrupt, has virus or is not properly connected" (something like this)

i tried 2 different hard drives and nothing... any help with this?

thanks in advance!

[patio]

Since Win98 you cannot simply move Windows HDD's from one machine to another and expect them to boot properly ....
What is it you want to accomplish with this machine ? ?

256 Mg of RAM ain't much for an XP machine...

[acelera]

Since Win98 you cannot simply move Windows HDD's from one machine to another and expect them to boot properly ....
What is it you want to accomplish with this machine ? ?

256 Mg of RAM ain't much for an XP machine...

what OS should i install with that much of ram?

[jowolf359]

You could reinstall 98, or install ME, 2K, or NT.

[patio]

I'd suggest getting more RAM...it's dirt cheap right now...
That being said if not i'd go with Win2K if you have it...

[acelera]

ima try to install Windows 98.. is this one hard to install or its like XP you just have to follow the screen instructions?

[patio]

Just follow the instructions...